The emerging star knocked a brave ton for NSW against Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield on Tuesday prompting O’Keeffe to anoint Sangha as Australian cricket’s saviour, lauding him for his flawless technique.

"(The problem is) the batting and the technique. But there is a saviour, there was one at the SCG today," O’Keeffe said on Fox Sports' The Back Page Live on Tuesday night.

(AAP)

"Jason Sangha. If he was a thoroughbred, his breeding would be Joe Root out of Virat Kohli.

"He is 19 years of age, he got a hundred today, admittedly against that attack that included Matthew Wade. I don’t know about that one.

"But this is the guy who can save the Centre of Excellence, who can save the development programs. This is a player of the ages. He is the best, technically, we’ve had since (Ricky) Ponting."